Louisville, KY-IN

1950‑1959:		Louisville, KY-IN SMA
1959‑1983:		Louisville, KY-IN SMSA
1983‑2003:		Louisville, KY-IN MSA
2003‑2005:		Louisville, KY-IN Metro Area in Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN CSA
2005‑2006:		Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area in Louisville-Jefferson County--Elizabethtown--Scottsburg, KY-IN CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Clark County, IN	48,330	62,795	75,876	88,838	87,777	96,472	101,625

Floyd County, IN	43,955	51,397	55,622	61,169	64,404	70,823	72,025

Harrison County, IN	17,858	19,207	20,423	27,276	29,890	34,325	36,729

Scott County, IN	11,519	14,643	17,144	20,422	20,991	22,960	23,749

Washington County, IN	16,520	17,819	19,278	21,932	23,717	27,223	27,817

Bullitt County, KY	11,349	15,726	26,090	43,346	47,567	61,236	71,440

Henry County, KY	11,394	10,987	10,910	12,740	12,823	15,060	15,824

Jefferson County, KY	484,615	610,947	695,055	685,004	664,937	693,604	699,051

Meade County, KY	9,422	18,938	18,796	22,854	24,170	26,349	28,257

Nelson County, KY	19,521	22,168	23,477	27,584	29,710	37,477	41,066

Oldham County, KY	11,018	13,388	14,687	27,795	33,263	46,178	53,459

Shelby County, KY	17,912	18,493	18,999	23,328	24,824	33,337	38,216

Spencer County, KY	6,157	5,680	5,488	5,929	6,801	11,766	15,637

Trimble County, KY	5,148	5,102	5,349	6,253	6,090	8,125	9,036



Total	576,900	725,139	826,553	906,152	952,662	1,025,598	1,210,182
Percent Change	-	25.7%	14.0%	9.6%	5.1%	7.7%	18.0%



Total (as currently defined)	703,199	872,647	990,050	1,054,048	1,055,973	1,161,975	1,210,182
Percent Change	-	24.1%	13.5%	6.5%	0.2%	10.0%	4.1%

Timeline

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1990

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Component

Clark County, IN

Floyd County, IN

Harrison County, IN

Scott County, IN

Washington County, IN

Bullitt County, KY

Henry County, KY

Jefferson County, KY

Meade County, KY

Nelson County, KY

Oldham County, KY

Shelby County, KY

Spencer County, KY

Trimble County, KY

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Louisville, KY	369,129	*	390,639	*	361,472	*	298,451	*	269,063	*	256,231	*	(x)

New Albany, IN	29,346		37,812		38,402		37,103		36,322	*	37,603	*	36,772



Total	369,129		390,639		361,472		298,451		305,385		293,834		0
Metro	576,900		725,139		826,553		906,152		952,662		1,025,598		1,210,182
Percent	64.0%		53.9%		43.7%		32.9%		32.1%		28.7%		0.0%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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1990

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City

Louisville, KY

New Albany, IN

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			477,521	82.8%
		UA Population		472,736	81.9%
	Rural Population			99,379	17.2%

	Inside Central Cities			369,129	64.0%
	Outside Central Cities			207,771	36.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			576,900	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Louisville, KY-IN		472,736	472,736	100.0%

	Total			472,736


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			621,259	85.7%
		UA Population		606,659	83.7%
	Rural Population			103,880	14.3%

	Inside Central Cities			390,639	53.9%
	Outside Central Cities			334,500	46.1%

	Total Metro Area Population			725,139	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Louisville, KY-IN		606,659	606,659	100.0%

	Total			606,659


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			751,232	86.6%
		UA Population		739,396	85.2%
	Rural Population			116,098	13.4%

	Inside Central Cities			361,472	41.7%
	Outside Central Cities			505,858	58.3%

	Total Metro Area Population			867,330	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Louisville, KY-IN		739,396	739,396	100.0%

	Total			739,396


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			789,284	82.5%
		UA Population		761,002	79.5%
	Rural Population			167,472	17.5%

	Inside Central Cities			335,554	35.1%
	Outside Central Cities			621,202	64.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			956,756	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Louisville, KY-IN		761,002	761,002	100.0%

	Total			761,002


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			787,034	82.9%
		UA Population		754,956	79.6%
	Rural Population			161,795	17.1%

	Inside Central Cities			305,385	32.2%
	Outside Central Cities			643,444	67.8%

	Total Metro Area Population			948,829	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Louisville, KY-IN		754,956	754,956	100.0%

	Total			754,956


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			922,814	79.4%
		UA Population		867,961	74.7%
	Rural Population			239,161	20.6%

	Inside Principal Cities				0.0%
	Outside Principal Cities			1,161,975	100.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			1,161,975	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Louisville, KY-IN		863,582	863,582	100.0%
	Radcliff-Elizabethtown, KY		64,504	4,379	6.8%

	Total			867,961


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Louisville, KY-IN SMA
-		Clark County, IN included as original SMA component
-		Floyd County, IN included as original SMA component
-		Jefferson County, KY included as original SMA component
-		Louisville, KY designated as original central city of new SMA


Apr 1973



-		Bullitt County, KY added
-		Oldham County, KY added


Jun 1983



-		Harrison County, IN added
-		Shelby County, KY added
-		New Albany, IN designated as central city of MSA


Dec 1992



-		Scott County, IN added
-		Shelby County, KY deleted, reverted to nonmetro status


Jun 2003



-		Scott County, IN included as original component of Scottsburg, IN Micro Area in Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN CSA
-		Washington County, IN added
-		Henry County, KY added
-		Meade County, KY added
-		Nelson County, KY added
-		Shelby County, KY added
-		Spencer County, KY added
-		Trimble County, KY added
-		New Albany, IN no longer designated as principal/central city
-		Louisville, KY no longer designated as principal/central city


Dec 2005



-		Title of Louisville, KY-IN Metro Area in Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN CSA changed to Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area in Louisville-Jefferson County--Elizabethtown--Scottsburg, KY-IN CSA

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